The ACTIVE WAVENEY SPORTS PARTNERSHIP is the COMMUNITY SPORTS NETWORK (CSN) for the Waveney District area.  The Partnership will be a key player in shaping the current and future provision of sport and physical activity in the district.

                                                                                   

 

The first meeting of Waveneys Community Sport Network took place in September 2006 with possible interested parties invited from across sport, health, education, community safety, regeneration and the local voluntary and community sectors.

 

With an Interim Chair elected and Interim Constitution adopted, the Partnership is emerging and the ACTIVE WAVENEY Sports Partnership was officially launched on Tuesday, 12 June 2007 at 6.30 pm on the hockey pitch at Kirkley High School, Kirkley Run, Lowestoft, NR33 0UQ. 

 

For further information, please contact Claire Gallagher - Service Manager - Sports & Leisure Development on 01502 523010 or email claire.gallagher@waveney.gov.uk

 

It is an honour to have been invited to chair the steering group to set up the Active Waveney Sports Partnership in its inaugural year. As the chairman of Waveney Gymnastics Club it is an opportunity to work alongside other sporting organisations in the area. So what is it all about and how will it work, I hear you ask?

 

This is an opportunity for all aspects of our community to come together and have a voice in the development of healthier lifestyles and related issues through the vehicle of sport in the Waveney area. Initially the Partnership will need to devise an acceptable constitution, which all organisations can agree upon and work with.

 

Through collaborative working relationships the intention is to create the opportunity for local sporting groups to work more closely together and have a real say in the way forward for the community groups. Once the framework for the future has been established, there should be a mechanism to assist organisations in increasing participation in physical activities, strengthening their organisations operational practices, helping and advising on how to access funding, sharing good practice with other voluntary and private sporting organisations and promote advertising/marketing.

 

The Partnership will be a two tiered set up with a steering group meeting at regular intervals throughout the year and partnership members from the club representatives meeting twice a year to bring their points to the steering group. This is a unique chance for all sporting organisations, catering for every type of individual, from the cradle to the grave to contribute to the way forward for active physical activity in Waveney. This type of Sports Network is being backed by Sport England throughout the whole country, so come along and get involved. Dont let your organisation miss out the benefits of this network.